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This is a list of characters in the CBS television drama Cold Case .
| Lilly Rush | |
|---|---|
| Cold Case character | |
| First appearance | Pilot |
| Last appearance | "Shattered" |
| Created by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Portrayed by | Kathryn Morris Christina Cellner (young) Makenna Barrett (age 6) Harley Graham (age 9) Megan Helin (age 10) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | "Lilly" "Lil" |
| Gender | Female |
| Title | Detective Rush |
| Occupation | Homicide Detective |
| Family | Paul Cooper (father) Ellen Rush (mother; deceased) Christina Rush (sister) Finn Cooper (half-brother) Celeste Cooper (step-mother) |
Lillian "Lilly" Rush was known as the only female homicide detective in Philadelphia, until the later arrival of Lennie Desalle, then Josie Sutton, and finally Kat Miller. She specialized in working cold cases alongside her partner, Scotty Valens. [1] According to Lilly, "People shouldn't be forgotten, even if they're my kind of people. Maybe, they don't have a lot of money, they don't have lawyers, but they matter".
Lilly was raised on welfare by an alcoholic mother, Ellen Rush, who often neglected her. Her father, Paul Cooper, left the family when Lilly was six. Lilly was left to fend for herself and care for her younger sister, Christina Rush. The family lived in Kensington, a rough part of Philadelphia.
At the age of ten, Lilly had been sent out late at night by her mother to buy alcohol, and a man brutally attacked and robbed her. Suffering a broken jaw, among other injuries, young Lilly was nursed by Ray Williams. The detective that apprehended the man that attacked Lilly was Lt. John Stillman. Lt Stillman became a mentor and father figure after capturing her attacker when she was a child. After joining the police force, Stillman followed her career and chose her for Homicide when she passed her detective exam ("The Long Blue Line"/"Into the Blue").
As a child Lilly would have nightmares so her mother would read to her The Velveteen Rabbit .
Lilly has a contentious relationship with her sister. At the end of season seven, after rescuing her sister ("Shattered") Lilly discovers that she is now an aunt to Christina's baby daughter.
Her first homicide investigation was in 1999. The victim was Vaughn Bubley.
Shortly after Lilly's change from on-the-line jobs to cold cases, her partner, Chris Lassing, transfers out because of his diabetic condition, leading to Scotty being promoted to Homicide and becoming Lilly's partner. She thinks rationally but at the same time she also has the necessary compassion to deal appropriately with victims and their families. While cold and unyielding with criminals and suspects, she can be devoted to a fault in her concern for the suffered close ones of the victims.In season one, Lilly started a relationship with ADA Jason Kite. They looked happy together but in the last episode ("Lovers Lane'') she is visited at her home at three o'clock in the morning by the distressed partner of a victim. While her boyfriend Jason is waiting for her in the apartment, she takes time to comfort the man. As a result, Kite breaks up with her, pointing out her too strong devotion to help other people as a reason.
Lilly solves the most difficult cases in order to seek the truth after all these years in hopes of giving the victim's family and the victims themselves, justice. She often works long hours on these cases. Because of this, her relationships with men are relatively shaky and her family can best be described as dysfunctional.
One of Lilly's most challenging cases was that of a serial killer who stalked his victims like wild animals. One of the victim's bodies from 1985, Janet Lambert, is found by hikers in a wildlife preserve. The investigation quickly leads Lilly and the cold case squad to the grisly discovery of 8 more decapitated bodies. Soon, suspicion falls on George Marks, who gets brought into the interview room. During interrogation, he manages to get most of the team members agitated until Lilly is finally brought in to get George to confess to these gruesome murders. Instead, George hints about Lilly's dark secret as being the real reason why she became a cop. By this, he was referring to her being attacked as a child, which she rarely discussed. Months later, when Lilly finally confronted George with evidence that he murdered not only the victims from their previous encounter, but his own mother as well, George forced Lilly into reliving her attack before their shootout, which ended his life.
In 2007, shortly after the death of her mother Ellen Rush, Lilly interviewed a victim, Kim Jacobi, only to be ambushed by the person who had murdered Kim's family the year before. The entire Homicide department was held hostage for a short time, with Detectives Scotty Valens and Kat Miller outside the building and under orders from the SWAT team not to break their perimeter. Scotty broke this order and approached Lilly's location in an observation room, where she was attempting to negotiate with the killer. Using a code word they had established that morning, Scotty shot the killer from the blind side of a two-way mirror in the interview room, but not before he shot Lilly in the chest. While undergoing surgery, Lilly apparently sees her late mother before her. She eventually recovers in time to convince John Stillman to reopen the Jack Raymes case, and credits Scotty for saving her life.
In May 2009, while working on the Kate Butler Case, Lilly is involved in a car accident in which her vehicle was pushed off a bridge and into the river forty feet below. However, later on, Lilly begins stalking Moe Kitchner, who is responsible for the accident. He is eventually killed by the victim's father.
Months later, the FBI is trying to recruit her.
| Scotty Valens | |
|---|---|
| Cold Case character | |
| First appearance | "Love Conquers Al" (1.06) |
| Last appearance | "Shattered" (7.22) |
| Created by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Portrayed by | Danny Pino Allen Alvarado (young) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | "Scott", "Alvaro" |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Homicide Detective |
| Family | Ramiro Valens (father) Rosa Valens (mother) Mike Valens (brother) Alegria Valens (sister-in-law) Emilio Valens (nephew) |
| Significant other | Christina Rush ADA Alexandra Thomas Frankie Rafferty Elisa |
Detective Scotty Valens is a Philadelphia homicide detective and Lilly Rush's partner. He transferred to Homicide from West Detectives in the fall of 2003, replacing Lilly's first partner Chris Lassing. Young, cocky, and full of himself at first, he likes to brag about his various romances but he nonetheless quickly earned the rest of the squad's respect. He appeared on a crossover episode of CSI: NY called "Cold Reveal". [2]
Son of a Cuban father, Ramiro, and a Puerto Rican mother, Rosa. Episode 1.16, "Volunteers", states he was born some time in the 1970s, likely making him the youngest detective in the squad (with the possible exception of Kat Miller). It was further revealed in the 2005 episode "The Promise" that he was 28 when he transferred to Homicide, giving him a birth date sometime in 1975. Scotty is mentioned as having a number of siblings though only one, his older brother Mike, has appeared on the show.
Scotty's Granddad had ALS. He used to be a boxer, but at the end he couldn't even hold up a spoon. He suffered for weeks before he died. Scotty went to soccer camp as a kid. As a kid his late girlfriend Elisa lived 6 blocks away from Scotty. He has been shown to have a short temper at times, but is a very loyal partner to Lilly. Like she, he also has difficulty with personal relationships. It's striking that Scotty was often interested in Lilly's relationships.
In 1998, season 3, episode 15, he worked as undercover under the alias of Alvaro in a drug investigation and he met a Colombian woman named Ana Castilla, a drug mule. Scotty started to develop feelings for her but she rejected him because he told her that he had a girlfriend (Elisa) who wanted to marry him but he didn't. Ana probably saved Scotty and Elisa's relationship by advising him he take it seriously. Ana only wanted to return to her country, Colombia. She realized Scotty was not who he said. Valens tried to protect Ana giving a phone number in case she need help. Ana was murdered shortly after. In 2006, Scotty captured Ana's murderers and their boss Ramiro.
In the first season, Scotty kept his and Elisa's relationship hidden from his colleagues until she introduced herself to Lilly. Later, he revealed to Lieutenant Stillman that he and Elisa were once engaged before she got sick with schizophrenia. However, when she was discharged and her health improved for several months, Scotty showed no real interest in marrying her. He had known her for many years and felt affection and conmpassion for her. They had a dispassionate relationship that looked more like a friendship but Valens was probably by her side because her suffering moved him and wanted to help her. In the second season, Elisa is hospitalized again due to her illness and Scotty finally decided walk out on her. She commits suicide in the Season Two episode “Blank Generation.” In the beginning, he receive the news of Elisa's death calmly. She left a suicide note in which she talks about the good times they had together. Her death is ruled as a suicide but Valens does not believe this. He insisted on keeping a cold case file open on her. Scotty was unfaithful to her and, finally, he broke up with her that's why he was guilt-ridden for the suicide of the unlucky girl for a long time.
Shortly after, Valens had an intimate relationship with Lilly's sister Christina which severely strained his friendship with Lilly for its duration. Scotty and Christina lived together for some time until she was accused of fraud and fled without saying goodbye to him. In season seven, she was abducted by her daughter's father in the series finale. Scotty is shown assisting Lilly and the squad in rescuing her.
In season three, Detective Josie Sutton was assigned to Homicide and Scotty quickly expressed interest in her but she rejected him. Later she was transferred.
Scotty also had a passionate relationship with ADA Alexandra Thomas. She is introduced in season four due to a child abuse case that involved Scotty's brother Mike as a past victim. In the last episode, Scotty is devastated after Lilly is seriously wounded by a gunshot and Alex comforts him. In season five, when Valens was investigated by Internal Affairs, Alex revealed compromising information about him, putting his job at risk. Despite that Scotty and Thomas start a relationship which they kept secret at first, although later a few months, he wanted to bring it to light but she refused it. Their relationship took a turn for the worse when her office disclosed that a serial bomber's intendend target had survived, which nearly killed the man's wife and adaughter. Scotty blamed Alex for this and so their relationship broke up.
After, he briefly dated with Frankie Rafferty, a lab technician, but the affair ends due to her marriage. Frankie decided to reunite with her husband but months later, she decides to end her marriage and attempts to reconnect with Scotty but he rejected her.
Scotty's rogue attitude has worked against him more than once. In the episode "Offender", he revealed the identity of a suspect to a vigilante father which allowed the father to find and nearly kill said suspect. In the season four finale, during a hostage situation in the police squad room, he disobeys a S.W.A.T. commanders' orders and enters the building. He ends up shooting the gunman, drawing the interest of Internal Affairs, who question whether or not the shooting followed protocol (as well as bringing up the Burrell case). They ordered Scotty to take a month's unpaid leave as punishment, but Lt. John Stillman overruled them, taking the leave for himself in order to ensure Scotty stayed on the force.
In season seven, Scotty learns his beloved mother was assaulted, but she refuses to say more or even press charges. Investigating on his own, Scotty realized his mother was actually raped and goes on a personal quest to find the perpetrator. Valens catches him and he sends him to prison but when he learned the rapist would be free in no time, Scotty made sure that he couldn't harm anyone else.
| John Stillman | |
|---|---|
| Cold Case character | |
| First appearance | "Look Again" |
| Last appearance | "Shattered" |
| Created by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Portrayed by | John Finn |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | "Boss" "Lieutenant" |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Senior Homicide Detective Lieutenant |
| Family | Andrew Stillman (brother) |
| Spouse | Rita Hart (ex-wife) |
| Children | Janie Stillman (daughter) Carl (son-in-law) Sean (maternal grandson) |
Lieutenant John Stillman is the Chief of the Homicide Division in Philadelphia also the Commander of the Cold Case Squad.
A Vietnam combat veteran with some war-era stress as seen in the episode "Honor" he has shown himself to be stern but caring boss. His daughter was once assaulted, but survived and gave him a grandson. Due to his commitment to the job, his marriage was very strained and finally ended in divorce. He is an Irish-American (as is John Finn, the actor who portrays him). His older brother is a Catholic priest.
When he was young detective, Stillman worked the case of the assault of a ten-year-old Lilly Rush. He found the man who attacked. Lt Stillman became a mentor and father figure after capturing her attacker when she was a child. After joining the police force, Stillman followed her career and chose her for Homicide when she passed her detective exam. ("The Long Blue Line" / "Into the Blue")
The squad commander and occasionally a mentor and confidant to Lilly. In the fifth season (beginning in September 2007), he took the month's unpaid leave meant for Scotty Valens, in order to keep him on the force. Stillman, having reflected on his place in the police force during his suspension, later decided to retire, though later was inspired to return to duty when Lilly convinced him to help in a case ("Family 8108").
| Will Jeffries | |
|---|---|
| Cold Case character | |
| First appearance | "Look Again" |
| Last appearance | "Shattered" |
| Created by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Portrayed by | Thom Barry |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Senior Homicide Detective |
| Spouse | Mary Jeffries (wife, deceased) |
Will Jeffries is a veteran police officer and the most senior detective in the Philadelphia Police Department's Homicide unit.
His childhood home life was suggested to be an abusive one, however, he was a talented football player until he injured his knee senior year, putting an end to any hope of playing professionally. At sixteen, he was caught stealing by store owner Henry "Pops" Walters, who put him to work in his store as penance. Pops would help Jeffries put his life on a better track.
On November 22, 1963, Jeffries was playing touch football at recess when he found out President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
Will is a country music fan, even working as a radio DJ in college. Will was married to Mary Jeffries for several years. He would later recall they had some difficulty after he returned from Vietnam.
Mary was killed in a hit and run in 1995 while changing a tire on the road. Ever since this, he has become very involved in Road Safety. He was told who the prime suspect was in his wife's death. On that night – exactly nine years after losing his wife, he went to find the man, Isaac Keller. He dragged the man outside an empty bar and held his gun to the man's head. He forced the man to tell him exactly why he did it and said that he had no right to live. He then realised that this wasn't the right way out and left the scene.
He has been investigating cold cases for many years, and especially enjoys tending to those cases where the black community has become the victims. One case especially stands out for him. When he was just a young boy, he stumbled across the body of Zeke Williams. But as time back then had it, he could not tell anyone as this would automatically make him the prime suspect, and being a black man, he had tough racial discrimination against him. The case went unsolved for 42 years, until one day, Will decided to open the case again, and soon it was solved for good.
Will is second in charge of the squad and takes this responsibility very seriously. He has had a number of opportunities to show his true colours. This has caused a few problems however. In one particular case, with Will in charge, the team disagreed with each other quite a lot. He was forced to get to know each team member. He knew who was better at what kind of job and who got along with whom. This not only helps him, but, in the long run, it helps the whole team.
He is very close to Lt. John Stillman. They have worked together for a long time. He has also befriended Det. Nick Vera. The two are partners for most of the time. Overall, Will is a shy person. He still has not removed his wedding ring. Det. Vera and Valens have often urged him to get out into the dating world again, but he refuses every time. He was happy with his wife, and he does not want to lose her loving memory. However, over the last few cases, he has had a few women after him. He is quite confused over this, but is willing to see where this will go. He feels very uncomfortable when Nick questions him about this, and denies that it is a date – almost as though it is the wrong thing to do.
Detective Will Jeffries takes the law very seriously. He will do everything in his power to put the culprit behind bars. When working on one particular case, Will became so angry with ADA William Danner, who had wrongfully prosecuted Andre Tibbs, consigning him to death row, that he punched him in the face.
| Nick Vera | |
|---|---|
| Cold Case character | |
| First appearance | "Look Again" |
| Last appearance | "Shattered" |
| Created by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Portrayed by | Jeremy Ratchford |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Homicide Detective |
| Family | Julie Vera (ex-wife) |
Detective Nick Vera is a Philadelphia homicide detective and part of the cold case squad. Nick Vera was born in the late 1960s. In 1989, Vera joined the police department and was first posted to the 9th District. By 1998, Vera had made detective.
In Episode 2.18 ("Ravaged"), Vera mentions that he and his wife Julie had tried to conceive for several years with no success. He indicates that during a prior relationship with Meagan Easton (sister of victim Sloane Easton), she had gotten pregnant and had an abortion.
| Chris Lassing | |
|---|---|
| Cold Case character | |
| First appearance | "Look Again" |
| Last appearance | "Churchgoing People" |
| Created by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Portrayed by | Justin Chambers |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Homicide Detective |
Chris Lassing was Lilly Rush's partner until the fall of 2003. Nicknamed 'Lass' by Lilly, he was a competent, hard-working detective but never quite shared Lilly's passion for cold cases. A smoker, he was also married and therefore wasn't fond of the long hours Lilly insisted on putting in. He later transferred out due to problems with diabetes. He was replaced by Scotty Valens, several weeks later.
Lassing appeared only in the first, second, and fourth episodes.
| Kat Miller | |
|---|---|
| Cold Case character | |
| First appearance | "Honor" |
| Last appearance | "Shattered" |
| Created by | Meredith Stiehm |
| Portrayed by | Tracie Thoms |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Homicide Detective |
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